The Diamond Necklace and Four Other Stories

First edition, second impression. 88pp, black and white illustration covering frontispiece and title page. Pictorial cloth-covered boards; white titles on front and spine. 8vo. Very lightly bumped and rubbed spine ends. Light bumping and rubbing at board edges and corners. Text block edges foxing and tanning. Endpapers starting to fox. Previous owner's label on front pastedown. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Five stories illustrating the paradox of human desires: The Diamond Necklace, The Piece of String, The Horla, Two Little Soldiers and The White Wolf. Black and white illustrations in text throughout.